2017 Targets for Santa Cruz Del Quiché

Reaching Everyone

Increase levels of service by extending water systems to reach 95% of the communities, promote water quality through monitoring and control; and construct 3 water systems and 4 school WASH programs.

Achieving Forever

Work with 9 water committees to implement sufficient tariffs to cover operations, maintenance, and major repairs; promote water committee best practices through a water committee fair and exchange visits; and improve water resources management through awareness-building activities including social art.

Communities With Adequate Water Service

9%

18%

Behind The Data

2016

Water For People continuously refines our metrics to capture usable data. In 2016, we have sharpened our focus from whether a given community has access to water service to whether there is access for every household in that community. This change puts Water For People at the leading edge of the new Sustainable Development Goal for water (SDG6). However, in establishing a more rigorous baseline for service, it has also lowered our scores in some cases, particularly where the government standard is a piped connection to every home, as in Central America. Specific analysis of monitoring results will be available soon in the sections called Behind the Data, linked to each district page.

2015

Levels of service stayed consistent year over year, mostly because four community water projects initiated in 2015 were not yet complete at the time of annual FLOW monitoring and we look forward to seeing the new system's impact on water coverage in the district in the coming years. Over the past four years we've experienced a 9% increase in coverage, primarily due to water committee support from Water For People and the municipal government. The municipal government and the local community have consistently co-invested in community water systems, and school WASH programs including sanitation infrastructure.

2014

Levels of community water service have risen 13% since 2011, despite a dip in scores brought on by the addition of water quality measurements in 2014. In addition, co-financing has increased by 114% since 2013 with contributions from the municipal government, communities, and the Ministries of Health and Education.

Data has a 5% margin of error

What’s our progress toward building sustainability for water service in Santa Cruz Del Quiché?

Communities With Sustainable Water Service

-10%

24%

Behind The Data

2015

We've seen a 34% increase in sustainability since 2014. This significant increase was achieved through water committee trainings coordinated by the municipal government and the Ministry of Health, the trainings focused on administration, operation, maintenance and chlorination, and the promotion of sustainability. There has also been an 80% increase in the legal registration of water committees. We are still facing various challenges including an overall lack of culture around financial record keeping, a hesitance to show financial records externally, and a lack of savings for major repairs.

2014

Three community water systems with household taps were constructed using micrometers so people are now paying tariffs based off of use. In 2014, Water For People staff and partners held over 80 days of training for 1330 people on health and hygiene education, use and construction of sanitation facilities, and the administration, operation and maintenance of water and sanitation systems.

Percentage With Adequate & Sustainable Water& Sanitation Services

13%

17%

Behind The Data

2015

Since 2014, we've experienced a 6% decrease in water service in schools and clinics. This decrease is primarily due to unfinished WASH projects, which will be completed in the coming year. In general, we've seen consistently high levels of service thanks to co-investment by the municipal government and communities, in addition to the dedication of school staff, students, and parents to maintain water and sanitation infrastructure.

2014

With help from the municipal government and the Ministries of Health and Education, we have completed 9 school water, sanitation and hygiene projects. In 2014, local entities contributed unexpected support for school programming, allowing us to make significant progress on school coverage.